Day 2 Of Vision Festival: A Heart To Resist at Vision Festival at Roulette

Arts for Art Presents:

Announcing the FULL SCHEDULE AND LINEUP OF PERFORMERS for VISION 2025, “heART to RESIST” - bringing together the vibrant creative voices of the AFA community of creatives with Sound, Rhythm, Art, Movement, and Poetry to move and inspire.

Tuesday June 3
6:30 PM Miriam Parker - dance, video art
7:00 PM gabby fluke-mogul’s Thread:
gabby fluke-mogul, Charles Burnham - violin /
Luke Stewart - bass / Tcheser Holmes - drums
8:00 PM Amirtha Kidambi Elder Ones: Amirtha Kidambi - voice / Alfredo Colon - tenor /...

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Arts for Art Presents:

Announcing the FULL SCHEDULE AND LINEUP OF PERFORMERS for VISION 2025, “heART to RESIST” - bringing together the vibrant creative voices of the AFA community of creatives with Sound, Rhythm, Art, Movement, and Poetry to move and inspire.

Tuesday June 3
6:30 PM Miriam Parker - dance, video art
7:00 PM gabby fluke-mogul’s Thread:
gabby fluke-mogul, Charles Burnham - violin /
Luke Stewart - bass / Tcheser Holmes - drums
8:00 PM Amirtha Kidambi Elder Ones: Amirtha Kidambi - voice / Alfredo Colon - tenor /
Lester St Louis - cello / Matt Nelson - sax, electronics / Jason Nazary - drums
9:00 PM. Ellen Christi’s Flux in Chaos:
Ellen Christi - voice / Cooper-Moore - multi-instrument / William Parker - bass /
TA Thompson - drums / Patricia Nicholson text, movement
10:00 PM Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble : Portraits of Sonic Freedom
Nicole Mitchell - flute, composition / Jammes Brandon Lewis - tenor / Caroline Davis - alto sax / Christopher Williams - trumpet / Maia vocals - harp / Angelica Sanchez - piano
Luke Stewart - bass / Val Jeanty - elec, percussion / JoVia Armstrong - perc.

America has always identified itself with the idea of Freedom, yet it has always struggled to apply that to everyone, specifically Black, Brown and Asian peoples and all women. Jazz is America’s original music form, born and developed in African American communities across the US. AFA and VISION celebrates the coming together of Freedom and Jazz in FreeJazz, with performances that bring healing and inspiration. In this time of real fear that the freedoms and security that we took for granted are being stolen, All Americans need to have the Heart to Resist. Holding onto the legacy of freedom and its struggle with its roots in African American culture, we the organizers and the artists aim to inspire and empower resistance. Through music, dance, poetry and art, we will bring “The Healing Force of the Universe” and the creative spirit of this incredible lineup of exceptional artists, to lend our strength and stand up to those who would

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